hackrf_spiflash(1)

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✨ hackrf_spiflash — it's in section 1 of the manual, bestie ✨

💖 NAME 💖

hackrf_spiflash — program Flash. that's it, that's the name, she's a flash programmer and she knows it 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so story time, because the lore here is genuinely iconic. the HackRF project was started by Michael Ossmann and Jared Boone to build a software radio peripheral using Free Software and Free Hardware design. and the way they did it? so intentional. care was taken to only use electronic components with published documentation (no NDAs!! 🚫📄) and to avoid software libraries without open source licenses. queen behavior, honestly.

then there's Jawbreaker — the first complete HackRF platform, a wideband software radio transceiver with a USB interface. first of her name fr fr.

and this application? she lets you configure the on-board Flash. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

hackrf_spiflash [OPTIONS]

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per flag, no skipping, we respect the entire list in this house:

  • -help — this help. she's helping 💁‍♀️
  • -a, --address <n> — starting address (default: 0)
  • -l, --length <n> — number of bytes to read (default: all
  • -r <filename> — Read data into file.
  • -w <filename> — Write data from file.
  • -no-check — Skip check for firmware compatibility with target device.
  • -device <serialnumber> — Serial number of device, if multiple devices
  • -status — Read SPI flash status registers before other operations.
  • -clear — Clear SPI flash status registers before other operations.
  • -reset — Reset HackRF after other operations.
  • -verbose — Verbose output.
ngl bestie, a couple of those descriptions cut off mid-thought in the original and I am not about to make up the ending. what you see is what the manual says. periodt. 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Great Scott Gadgets HackRF web page: http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/

Other hackrf programs, the whole squad 🫶:

hackrf_cpldjtag(1), hackrf_debug(1), hackrf_info(1), hackrf_transfer(1)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This manual page was written by Maitland Bottoms for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

Copyright (c) 2013 A. Maitland Bottoms <bottoms@debian.org>

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

⚠️ okay real talk for one sec: that warranty disclaimer is not a vibe, it's a legal fact. no warranty, no promises, read the GNU GPL for the deets. 💀

and that's the page!! sourced from HACKRF, version 2013.07.1, dated 2013.07.1, and filed under hackrf_spiflash(1) in section 1 of the manual. slay, go flash something responsibly 💖✨🎀

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